Chhotu Paswan @ Chotu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63375 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-597 Year-2022 Thana- NAGAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== CHHOTU PASWAN @ CHOTU KUMAR S/O JAGARNATHI PASWAN @ JAGARNATH BHAGAT R/v- Hathsarganj, Ward No. 2, P.S.- Hajipur Town, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Rupa Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 50 litres of liquor found beneath a guava tree. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that even the alleged place from where the recovery was made which does not belong to the petitioner and is
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Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Hajipur Town P.S. Case No. 597 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
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